Weather

Winter Storm Watch issued January 31 at 3:49AM CST until February 03 at 12:00AM CST by NWS

Effective: 3:49 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016

Expires: midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016

...MAJOR WINTER STORM LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY MONDAYAFTERNOON/EVENING AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT......WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGHTUESDAY EVENING...* IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILLRESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVINGCONDITIONS...WITH NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY AT TIMESESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW COULD BREAK OUT AS EARLY AS MONDAYMORNING...BUT STEADIER ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL START MONDAYAFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING...PEAK IN INTENSITY MONDAY NIGHTINTO TUESDAY...AND FINALLY END TUESDAY NIGHT.* SNOW ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY BETWEEN 7 AND 12 INCHES...BUTWITH SLIGHTLY LOWER AND HIGHER EXCEPTIONS POSSIBLE.* WINDS...STARTING OUT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT GENERALLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30MPH...THEN INCREASING AND BECOMING NORTHERLY MONDAY NIGHT INTOTUESDAY...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 25 TO 30 MPH ANDGUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TUESDAYNIGHT.* UNCERTAINTY...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS WINTER STORM STILL CARRIESA MODEST DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY...AS IT IS JUST NOW ARRIVINGALONG THE WEST COAST. EVEN A SLIGHT SHIFT IN THE STORM TRACKCOULD STILL BRING A NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN EXPECTED SNOW TOTALS.